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Abstract Number: 391
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is nothing less than a paradigm shift in patient care. The technology has advanced rapidly and the competence in performing, interpreting and utilizing POCUS is extremely variable. There is often an inversion in competence with medical students and residents, in general, having more competence in this modality than many of their […]
Abstract Number: 414
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Procedures are often an integral component of a patient’s care plan. Delays in procedures may lead to increased length of stay and decreased quality of care. For instance, prompt paracenteses in hospitalized patients with ascites is associated with a 24% decreased mortality in one study. At our institution, hospital throughput is essential given a […]
Abstract Number: 731
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 91 year-old woman with congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic kidney disease, and morbid obesity was admitted with subacute shortness of breath. The patient’s CHF history was significant for no prior emergency department visits or hospitalizations attributed to CHF exacerbation. A recent transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrated moderate concentric left ventricular hypertrophy with a normal […]
Abstract Number: 880
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 30 year-old female presented postpartum day 1 following a normal vaginal delivery from an outside hospital after chest CT angiography (CTA) identified a 2.5 cm pericardial effusion. Review of systems was positive for dry cough, left sided chest pain, dyspnea on exertion, recent post-partum abdominal pain, chills, and diaphoresis. On arrival to […]
Abstract Number: 888
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old female with history of 70 pack years smoking, chronic hip pain, GERD, COPD presented to the ED with a 6 months complaints of diffuse pruritic skin rash associated with progressive facial swelling, fatigue and muscle weakness. She had been seen multiple times in the Dermatology clinic and punch biopsy revealed perifollicular […]